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Branchioplax ballingi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae

Taxonomy
Branchioplax ballingi was named by Remy (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Branchioplax ballingi Remy
2010Branchioplax ballingi Schweitzer et al. p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyMathildellidae()
genusBranchioplax
speciesballingiRemy 1954

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Branchioplax ballingi Remy 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:34:15
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:34:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023
Collections
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